Wed, Oct-29-03, 12:40
|
 |
There and Back Again
Posts: 1,590
|
|
Plan: Atkins
Stats: 200/194.4/140
BF:42%/42%/20%
Progress: 9%
Location: Northern Colorado
|
|
I came across this from DANDR:
p. 356 -
Quote:
|
1997: In a twenty-year follow-up of 832 men tracked in the world-famous Framingham Heart Study, researchers matched incidence of stroke (there were 61 in all) with dietary intake. The men with the highest intake of dietary fat had the fewest strokes; the men with the lowest had the most strokes.
|
He goes on to mention the list of indicators for heart disease, so without knowing what your apparently healthy friends looked like on the inside, it's difficult to speculate:
Quote:
TOTAL CHOLESTEROL
LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (LDL)
HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (HDL)
TRYGLYCERIDE
HDL TO TOTAL CHOLESTEROL RATIO
HOMOCYSTEINE is a by-product of defective protein metabolism. An elevated level is a powerful marker for heart disease and stroke risk. High homocysteine levels also indicate a dificiency of folic acide, a B vitamin. (Homocysteine level can be reduced with the intake of vitamins B6, B12, and folic acid.)...
LIPOPROTEIN (A) is a high-risk component of LDL cholesterol. In the last 10 years it has been recognized as a strong risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Elevated levels may indicate insufficient intake of vitamin C, which is needed to maintain healthy blood vessels....
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN is an antibody. It appears that some heart-attack victims actually have an infectious component to their disease, which has little to do with following a sound dietary approach. The result is chronically inflamed blood vessels that are widely regarded as part of the atherosclerotic disease process. High levels of C-reactive protein have been found to increase the risk of heart disease by 4 1/2 times...
|
|